Handout 1 - Uni1 - Getting Acquainted
Handout 1 - Uni1 - Getting Acquainted
HANDOUT 1
VOCABULARY
1. Write the type of greeting which corresponds to each picture. Write one or
two countries where you can use it. Add two other greetings.
2.
Countries in which it is
Countries in which it is common: australia
common: china ___________________
___________________
________EE.UU_______ ________mexico_______
____
You look familiar What have you been up to We should keep in touch
I could show you around
2. It has been ages since the last time I saw you! ___what have you been up
to____________________ ? Tell me everything!
4. Now that you’re moving abroad, I want to continue talking to you, _____we should keep in
touch_______________.
3. Complete the sentences using past simple or present perfect. Use the verbs in
parenthesis.
1. Sofía __has not slept_____________ (not sleep) well lately.
4. I ____did’nt went_____________ (not go) to class last week because I was sick.
many times.
4. Complete the message with the present perfect or the simple past tense.
Taken from: Pearson. (2017) Flagship 6, Page 11.
Hello mr kemper
Remember me? I’m kuai, you former student. I still think about your wonderful English
classes in shanghai. This morning, I (decide) decided to send you a message to say hello.
We (not see) have not seen each other in a long time- not since you went back home to New
York. I hope I can visit you there some day! So let me tell you what I’ve been up to. In 2013,
I (come) came to Canada for my studies, and I’m living in Vancouver right now. I (fall) feel in
love whit this city—it’s really beautiful (visit) visited a lot of places in the U.S. I (be) was to
Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Last September, I (go) went back home
to shanghai to visit my parents. Do you think my English is better now? I think I (learn)
learned how to use the present perfect, finally! Let’s keep in touch. If you come to